Playa Dorada Golf Course

A masterpiece of legendary golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Playa Dorada Golf Course offers five holes with sea-views, including one directly adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. Opened in 1976 inside the popular Playa Dorada Resort Complex in Puerto Plata, the relatively flat course is known for its outstanding conditioning. Fairways are wide with little rough, and greens are generous, featuring water hazards and strategically placed bunkers to spice things up. It’s an ideal vacation resort course that can be enjoyed by all golfers, yet one that still offers challenges. With a location just 15 minutes’ drive from Puerto Plata airport, golfers can play on the day they arrive or before they leave.

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The Costambar residential community golf course, it has nine very different holes, the longest being a 355-yard par 4. It features leafy fruit trees like mangoes, Spanish limes and coconut groves. In the summer, players even enjoy eating mangoes as they play. An executive course, it is easy to play two straight rounds using the different tees.
This course is located in the Costambar residential development, ten minutes from the city of Puerto Plata.
Location: Costambar, Puerto Plata
Holes: 9; Par: 32; Yardage: 2,225
Designed: José Torres
Opened: 1975, remodeled 2001
Tel 809 970-7750

Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., this 18-hole course offers five holes with sea-views, including one directly adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. Relatively flat, it is known for its outstanding conditioning: greens are generous, featuring water hazards and strategically placed bunkers.

Playa Grande Golf Course is not only the last course Robert Trent Jones, Sr. designed, but considered among his best. All 18 holes overlook the Atlantic Ocean, with 10 that are played directly ocean-side, and the course spreads out along a hilly area atop cliffs.